Former Vail Resorts, Inc. chairman and chief executive Adam Aron was elected today to the board of directors of Starwood Hotels & Resorts.
Aron announced his resignation from Vail Resorts in January, saying he wanted to leave the company “as a winner.” He stepped down the next month after Rob Katz was named as his replacement.
In June, Aron launched a Miami-based travel and tourism consulting company, World Leisure Partners, Inc.
Aron is vice chairman of the Travel Industry Association of America and also serves on the boards of FTD and Rewards Network.
White Plains, N.Y.-based Starwood Hotels is one of the world’s largest hotel and leisure companies, with approximately 850 properties in more than 95 countries and 145,000 employees. Its brands include St. Regis, Sheraton and Westin.
Starwood Capital Group, a private real estate investment firm led by Starwood Hotels founder Barry Sternlicht, is reportedly interested in purchasing Vancouver-based Intrawest Corp.
Intrawest, which owns Copper Mountain and operates Winter Park Resort in Colorado, hired investment bank Goldman Sachs in February to review a possible sale or merger of the company.
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